Improvement in washing-machines



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MOSES W. STAPLES, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

v Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,365, datedNovember 4, 1873; application filed September 11, 1873.

with inclined ribs or flanges b, combined with` a revolving hollowcylinder, B, for the reception of the clothes contained within the saidtank, and composed of overlapping slats a, arranged obliquely withspaces between them, through which and through the clothes the water isforced when the said cylinder is turned in the direction of the arrow,all as shown in the vertical section, Fig. l, ofthe accompany ingdrawing.

The tank A is supported in the present instance upon the top of a stoveor heater, D, shown in Fig. 1, and in the transverse section, Fig. 2, bywhich the water in the said tank may be boiled or maintained at therequired high temperature, and at the top of the tank is a hinged lid,d, on raising which access may be obtained to the cylinder B through anopen: ing, which is provided with a hinged lid, c. One of the journalsof the cylinder extends through a suitably-packed bearing in the side ofthe water-tank, and is provided with a crank, f, Fig. 2, by which thesaid cylinder may be revolved.

The tank having been partially filled with water and suds, and theclothes introduced into the cylinder, the lids d and c are closed andthe said cylinder is turned in the direction of the arrow, Fig. l. Theobliquelyarranged slats a, which are snfciently overlapped to preventthe escape of the clothes from between them, will have a tendency tocarry the water in the tank in the same direction in which the cylinderis turned; but this tendency will be resisted by the ribs or flanges bhence, as the cylinder revolves, forcible currents of water must passbetween the slats and permeate the agitated clothes and dislodge theparticles of dirt from the interstices of the fabric.

The above result might be attained in a measure by simply roughening orcorrugating the interior surface'of the base of the tank but I prefer toemploy the ribs b, arranged as described.

The tank might be supported upon a suitable frame or standards in placeof the stove D, but I prefer to use the latter as a combined support andheater.

I claim as my invention- The combination, in a washing-machine, of ahollow revolvingl cylinder, B, consisting of overlapping slats a andinclined ribs or flan ges b, arranged wit-hin theouter casing, asspecined.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification in thepresence of two sub scribing witnesses.

` MOSES W. STAPLES. Witnesses:

D. S. MORRISON, C. O. STAPLEs.

